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The terrorism hype and changes to our immigration laws throw away basic rights to a trial and give incredible powers to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. They undermine our freedoms here and now. They set a dangerous precedent. They prepare the way for further criminalising dissent in Australia.

Given that the AFP is investigating whether Gillian Triggs was asked to resign and if an inducement was offered to get her to do so, isn’t Tony Abbott’s categorical and unequivocal statement that ‘she was not asked to resign and no inducement has been offered’ itself possibly an attempt to influence and perhaps pervert the course of the investigation? Will he too be investigated?

Twenty-three years ago in Bowraville, a small town on the NSW north coast, three Aboriginal children were murdered in five months writes Dave Clarke in Red Flag. The families of the Bowraville Three are still fighting the racist indifference of the authorities.

Under capitalism it is one law for the rich; one law for the poor. Not just for Wendi Deng but for Rupert Murdoch too.

You don’t jail such a rich man for using his power to influence politics for his own advantage.

You don’t jail the Prime Minister for corrupt appointments of influence in his own office or the heavies in the police force for doing the same. You don’t jail the head of the police force for taking freebies worth $20,000 from someone who has a connection with Murdoch.

You don’t jail the son of the mogul for paying hush money.

You don’t jail Murdoch even though his plausible deniability excuse sounds implausible.